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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Dion Fortune on Skylight Press
Skylight Press is thrilled to reissue the work of one of the most important voices in the Western Mysteries canon. For the purposes of introduction we defer to our own Gareth Knight, not only an expert on her great lineage … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, New authors, Uncategorized
Tagged Battle of Britain, British History, British Literature, British mysteries, British Novel, Dion Fortune, esoteric, fiction, Gareth Knight, Glastonbury Tor, Golden Dawn, hermetic order of the golden dawn, Magic, Mediumship, Moon Magic, Occult, order of the golden dawn, Psychology, Qabalah, Sea Priestess, Society of Inner Light, Theosophy, trance mediumship, violet mary firth, Western Mysteries, World War Two
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Gwenevere and the Round Table by Wendy Berg
Following on from the impressive and scholarly Red Tree, White Tree, Wendy Berg delivers the hotly anticipated sequel, Gwenevere and the Round Table. Where the first book was a comprehensive study of a variety of Arthurian sources the second is … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literary Criticism, New books, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged Arthurian, Arthurian Legends, Arthurian Tradition, British History, British Literature, British mysteries, esoteric, faery, Faery Lore, faery tale, folklore, Grail, Guinevere, Gwenevere, holy grail, King Arthur, legend, Mabinogion, Medieval literature., meditation, mythology, Occult, Pendragon, Red Tree White Tree, ritual magic, Round Table, sacred rites, spiritual worlds, stellar deities, Wendy Berg, Western Mysteries
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Scourging and Buffeting: Jurors in the Court of Torture and Blame!
Anyone who has seen Mel Gibson’s films will know that he is quite fond of accentuating torture scenes – almost to the point of fetishisation. Whether it’s Detective Riggs, William Wallace, or an emaciated Jesus Christ, we have become accustomed … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Uncategorized
Tagged ancient stage, Apocrypha, Blame, Buffeting and Scourging, canonical sources, Catholicism, Christian history, Christianity, Church, Church history, Complicity, Dark Ages, Drama, Gospels, Jesus Christ, Jewish history, mediaeval, Medieval, Mel Gibson, Mystery Plays, Passion of the Christ, Passion Plays, Religion, Revisionist history, Roman History, theatre, torture, torture scenes, Towneley Cycle
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